ben&jerry's factory

memorial day weekend (gahhh. i'm so behind.) we went to vermont and toured the ben and jerry's factory.  it was cute, but not exciting enough to keep miles awake. the best part was the free sample at the end.  i now have a new favorite: mint chocolate chunk.

his first haircut

and i'm devastated.

7 months old and i'm finally getting around to cutting his hair.

i know, i know.  it was getting pretty long.  but i'm a mom now.  and things like this break my heart for some reason.  he was born with some of that hair.  and i buzzed it off.  never mind the fact that i just left it on the floor and stared at it for a couple hours.  and even after i put some in his baby book and finally threw the rest in the trash, i looked in the trash can and wondered how i could possibly stick it back on his head.  maybe it just means my little boy is growing up and i just want him to stop and stay where he is for a little while. 

also, i hope his curls come back.

the cops in boston do

for some reason, the city of boston finds it necessary to have a policeman (or several) standing at each construction/road work site. and i have never seen them do anything but:

a) talk to the other policemen 

b) talk to the construction workers or 

c) talk to the pedestrians.  

in my humble opinion, it's an awesome use of tax dollars... especially when its (b).

**just out of curiosity (and also because i'm a nerd) i googled again.

in 2003, these police were paid 34.70 an hour! i would love to stand in the middle of the road and make that kind of money. and this is sort of funny:

"...Massachusetts had the highest rate of accidents causing property damage and the second highest rate of accidents causing bodily injury between 1980 and 2000, though it is the only state where cities and towns routinely require police supervision at road construction sites."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/11/value_of_police_details_queried/

rear facing car seat

i love driving with the windows down
and looking over my shoulder to see
his little bouncing toes and
his blonde hair poking out of his helmet
blowing in the breeze.

awesome.

i was just trying to organize the mess that is our computer and found this lovely picture from back in april and pretty much laughed my head off.  how i did not post this is beyond me. seriously! how funny is this child!?  i'm sorry for the delay...as your life was not complete without this picture in it.

graduation

wade "graduated" on friday!
it doesn't really feel like he graduated yet...
because he still has 2 more summer classes to finish this month.
he still got to walk early though.
and ever since miles was born,
wade has talked about walking with him across the stage.
it was a proud moment for him.
and miles is probably the youngest person to ever receive his master's degree.
we are so proud of wade and all his hard work!

p.s. wade would now like to be referred to as "master wade"

music on a monday